The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-12

i ASAs AhOAASOhA3 SOA105OO ACcAuS n
Seeles, broken leg; Len Beard, les
smashed; p. Edwards, fractured arm
| Mrs. Mcmillan, an aged lady, spina
confusion; p. j. Green, mail agent
shoulder. dislocated, and several otherE
more or less injured.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
WASHINGTON, May Queen Ka
piolani visited the Treasury Depart
ment this morning and was escorted
through the building by Secretary
Fairchild. She was accompanied By
the Minister, Mr.. Carter, General Dom
mos, Capt. Taylor, United States
Army, Lieutenant Rodgers, United
States Navy and Mr.. Brown, of the
Department Of State. Mrs. Fairchild
joined the party at the Treasury and
the different points of interest. The
cash vaults were visited and the Queen
seemed to take deep interest in the
mountains of gold and silver stored
therein. She was, however, more par
ticularly interested in the administers
ton of the life saving service and said
she desired to introduce the same sys-
tenn into her own kingdom. The
Queen and suite will leave Washington
this afternoon Tor Boston.
THE NEW MONITORS.
Work under contracts on the Moni-
tors Terror and Amphitrite is prac-
tically finished and the Navy Depart
ment is considering the nature of the
tests that must be successfully under
gone before the vessels are accepted by
the government.
THE VANDALISM OF RELIC HUNTERS.
The Washington Monument Com
mission this afternoon held a meeting
to. discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of closing
the monument to the public after
the 1st of June on account of the
continued acts of vandalism which
are perpetrated by visitors. The mar
bic is Clipped in many places while the
bronze letters on the Swiss tablet have
many of them been forced of and car
ried away as mementOeS. The silver
ornamenting of the Nevada stone has
also been mutilated, and the commits
sion is determined to put a stop to
these disgraceful acts, even if to do so
it is necessary to deny visitors entrance
to the shaft.
READY FOR DUTY.
The Naval Inspection Board has re-
turned from a visit of inspection to
the seven monitors at City Point, they
were found to be IN excellent condition,
four of them, the Wyandotte, Catskill,
Lehigh and jax being ready for active
service and three, the Mahopoca, Man.
haitian and Canonicus being suitable
for harbor defense.
INSPECTING THE STEEL PLANT
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Secretary
Whitney was unable to go to Bethle-
hem, Pa, to-day. The ordnance Off
GERS of the department started for that
place this morning TO make an inspec-
e II nj
to the Secretary.
NO RELATION TO THE FISHERIES.
Inquiry at the War Department
shows that questions reported to have
been put by the department to the
Pennsylvania State officials regarding
the strength, equipment and mobility
of the militia had no reference what
ever to fisheries controversy, but were
intended to secure information trans
mitted to Congress at every session
touching the strength of the militia.
Similar inquiries have been put to all
state governments.
MANNING's NEW BANK.
The Comptroller of Currency to-day
authorized the Western National Bank
of the city of New York to begin bust
ness with a capital of s., 100000. The
officers of the bank are Daniel Man
ming, president, and Ferdinand Blank
inhOrn, cashier.
PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE CLOSED.
President Cleveland has issued an
executive order closing the executive of
government, including the Public
Printing Establishment, on Thursday,
at noon of the II inst, to enable en-
ployes therein to attend the exercises
at the unwilling of the statue of the
late President Garfield.
PREPARING FOR THURSDAYS CERE-
MONIES.
General Baird, Chief Marshal of the
parade at the unwilling of the Garfield
statue on Thursday next, issued a gen.
eral order to-day assigning to places the
organizations which are to participate:
Among them are the Grand Army or
the Republic, a battalion of the Third
United States Artillery, a battalion OF
the United States Marines, a detach-
ment of sailors from the United States
steamer Galena, the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland, the district
militia. consisting of about a dozen
companies, and various civil societies.
The procession will form in two divis-
ions at 11:30 a. m, near the lnterSec-
ton of II. and Fifteenth and will
march on III. to Eighteenth Street,
thence to Pennsylvania Avenue and
down that avenue to the Garfield stat
ne at the foot of Capitol Hill. 1t is
expected that the President and Mrs.
Cleveland will be present to witness
the unwilling ceremonies.
ANXIOUS FOR WALKERS COMMISSION.
Consul General Walker, of Paris, s
in Washington on leave of absence
and it is understood that he does not
expect to return to his post. There
were over 400 applicants for the posi-
ton at the incoming of the present adj
ministration, but Mr.. Walker, who is
Republican, was retained in office, 1t
is said, because of his familiarity with
the silver question and the possibility
that there might be another lnterna-
tional monetary conference NOW,
that such conference is no longer
considered probable, applicants are
again being pushed for the situation.
LAMAR's AUTHORITY GRANTED.
Authority has been granted by the
Secretary of the Interior for the prellm-
mary survey necessary to locate the
line of road for which the right of way
is granted to the Utah Midland Rail
way Company by act of March 3, 1887
through the Uncompahgre and UIntal
Ute Indian reservation in Titan Terri
tory. The question OF the consent OF
the Indians for the construction of the
road through the reservations is re-
served for future consideration and
determination.
THE TANGIERS OUTRAGES.
For some time past the Department
of State has been inquiring into allega
tions of grave abuses arising In Morrow
County through the imprisonment OF
debtors by unscrupulouS persons, claim
| ing to act under the protection of thu
United States Consul. The new
Consul at Tangiers, Mr.. Lewis, Of
Pennsylvania, has taken an active In
terest in the subject and has fully In
| formed the department OF the hard
ships that have resulted to individual
from the inhuman exercise of the
power of arrest by the native Govern
ment to persons claiming to be undel
protection of the great nations of TIT
world. A statement has been received
from our Consul denying that he wa:
| ia any way responsible for the ignO
minious treatment of Jewish debtol
during the passover by men bearing al
American flag. The Consul says thai
he has just caused the liberation of ter
persons who had been confined in thl
native prisons for over q year. IL
Il